The scumbag wanted to wipe out the whole family, but rebirth ruined him!

"Miss, Zhou Pei has taken the jade pendant away."

"The jade pendant has finally found a good place to go. I hope Zhou Pei won't disappoint me."

Zhao Huayin lowered her head while embroidering the pattern. She put away the last stitch before looking up and speaking.

The little maid beside Dianxue looked at Zhao Huayin with a smile.

"Dianxue, take her down to claim the reward."

"Thank you for the reward, young lady."

The little maid happily followed Dianxue out.

"Miss, what do you think Zhou Pei did with the jade pendant?"

Liuyun handed Zhao Huayin a cup of tea with a puzzled look on his face.

"There is more than one woman in Prince Xuan's Mansion,"

Zhao Huayin raised the corners of her mouth.

"It depends on whether Zhou Pei can find the right helper."

Dianxue arranged for the little maid to be ready and came in to report to Zhao Huayin.

"Miss, Master Yan just came here and asked me to pass these on to you."

Zhao Huayin took it and looked at it. Inside the brocade box were several silver notes worth five thousand taels.

"Master Yan said that this is the profit from selling kesi silk to merchants from Jiaozhi. He has already used the funds from Yunshangfang's turnover. Please accept it without worry, young lady."

Zhao Huayin was puzzled.

"Brother Yan didn't bring back much tapestry, how could he have so much money?"

"I just asked you, but you don't know that Master Yan went to Jiangnan and found some small workshops. He bought the handkerchiefs, handkerchiefs, round fans, sachets and other items made in those workshops at low prices.

I had originally planned to open Yunshang Shop and then slowly sell them, but those merchants from Jiaozhi Kingdom were so eager to buy them all.

At first Master Yan said that these items were ordered by customers and refused to sell them, but the merchants from Jiaozhi offered high prices, allowing Master Yan to make a fortune.

"Brother Yan has a very good plan for doing business. This money will come in handy."

Yan Zhao's business acumen was indeed extraordinary, and Zhao Huayin approved of him very much.

Zhao Huayin remembered that the winter in her previous life was unusually cold, and the amount of carbon used was several times that of previous years. The silver-thread carbon used by wealthy families was in short supply, and the price of ordinary black charcoal had doubled and was sold out early. Some elderly people and children in poor families were frozen to death.

Ordinary people were living in dire straits. Dead old people and children were carried out of the city one after another. Many families raised white flags and cried continuously.

However, Emperor Hui never cared about the suffering of the people. He only ordered the Ministry of Revenue to send out some charcoal as a symbolic gesture and left it at that.

I heard that in the rush for the charcoal distributed by the court, people caused accidents and many people died.

Even the women living deep in the backyard heard about the miserable plight of the people.

In her previous life, Zhao Huayin was just like other ladies in the boudoir, sighing a few times about the difficulties of common people's lives.

Now that she has been reborn, Zhao Huayin cannot bear to see the sufferings of this world again, so she has to make plans early.

Zhao Huayin pushed the brocade box back to Dian Xuedao.

"Send this box back to Brother Yan and tell him to make good use of the money and buy Ji Yunshan, which is a hundred miles away from the capital, at the lowest price."

"What did the girl buy Ji Yunshan for?"

Zhao Huayin’s behavior always puzzled Dianxue, especially this time.

The Jiyun Mountain just had a nice name, but in reality the mountain was entirely made up of rocks and sand, without even a single plant to be seen. It would not be an exaggeration to say that there was no grass growing on it.

My daughter must have lost her mind. What is the purpose of buying a barren mountain?

"Don't worry, your daughter will have a use for buying Ji Yunshan, so you can go first."

In the previous life, Ji Yun Mountain was bought by a wealthy businessman, who was planning to blast the mountain open to obtain rocks. However, after blasting open Ji Yun Mountain, he discovered a coal mine inside.

The wealthy businessman later became the second largest businessman after Yan Zhao by virtue of this mine.

If Zhao Huayin bought Ji Yunshan and hired many people to mine, not only could the local people earn wages, but he could also sell the mined coal to the people at a low price.

Let poor families have carbon to keep warm in winter so they don’t freeze to death.

Calculating the time, it is not even March yet. If we hurry up, we can mine the coal before winter.

Seeing that Dianxue was still hesitant, Zhao Huayin urged again.

"Go quickly and tell Brother Yan that the affairs of Yunshangfang will be handed over to Madam Qian for the time being. I am working hard to come up with something. Let him go and take care of Ji Yunshan's affairs first and then come back."

When Dianxue heard Zhao Huayin say this, she said no more and went out with the box.

However, mining coal is not an easy task. It requires a knowledgeable master to run it.

Looking through the memories of his previous life, Zhao Huayin suddenly remembered a person. If he could get him out, the coal mining would be safe.

"Liuyun, go get the best wine in the mansion, and prepare some side dishes, meat dishes required, and come with me later."

"Slave, go now."

Liuyun and Dianxue both went out. Qingshuang watched Zhao Huayin's actions from the side. She had some doubts in her heart, but she didn't say a word.

Zhao Huayin is thoughtful and thoughtful in her actions, and a bit mysterious, which makes her different from ordinary young ladies.

Qingshuang understood that Yan Qi sent her to protect Zhao Huayin, which meant that Zhao Huayin was the most important person in Yan Qi's heart.

All I have to do is to do my duty and protect Zhao Huayin's safety.

Not long after, Liuyun came back with all the things prepared, and Zhao Huayin took Liuyun and Qingshuang out.

At this time, Zhou Pei had returned to his residence. He put the jade pendant he had just picked up together with his own piece and concentrated on thinking.

Yu Ying'er broke her engagement in order to marry into a rich family, causing Zhou Pei to be laughed at by the group of playboys in Hanzhang Academy.

Zhou Pei hated Yu Ying'er and had long been in touch with King Xuan's concubine Fang.

Concubine Fang was originally born out of wedlock, but her biological mother was the most favored concubine in the mansion of Lord Fang, the Minister of War.

Lord Fang doted on his daughter in every way, causing Concubine Fang to develop a very spoiled personality before she got married.

However, Concubine Fang was so beautiful that King Xuan could not forget her after seeing her once. He took her into the palace and made her his exclusive concubine.

During this period, King Xuan was hooked by Yu Ying'er. Sometimes he did not go to Concubine Fang's courtyard for several days in a row. Concubine Fang had regarded Yu Ying'er as a thorn in her side.

The day before yesterday, Concubine Fang sent a message to Zhou Pei, scolding him for his incompetence and for not driving Yu Ying'er out of the house for such a long time.

Zhou Pei stroked the jade pendant in his hand. With such a good handle in his hand, he had to plan carefully this time.

Thinking of this, Zhou Pei immediately picked up his pen and wrote a letter. After the ink on the letter dried, Zhou Pei put the letter into an envelope and handed it to the servant.

"Hurry up and give this letter to the nanny in Concubine Fang's courtyard."

The servant got the order and left in a flash.

Zhou Pei put away the jade pendant and began to draft the memorial again.

When I went to see King Xuan today, I learned the news that Yan Qi was punished by the emperor. King Xuan praised Zhou Pei highly.

Ever since Yan Qi was conferred the title of King of Qin, Zhou Pei had been treated coldly in King Xuan's palace, until King Xuan wanted to use Yan Qi's failure to keep the state ceremonies of Qi to deal with Yan Qi.

Zhou Pei suggested that King Xuan should take the initiative to excuse Yan Qi when Emperor Hui blamed him, and offered to make up for Yan Qi's mistake.

Emperor Hui punished Yan Qi and praised King Xuan for his virtuous elder brother. He highly praised King Xuan.

After King Xuan came back, he changed his previous cold attitude towards Zhou Pei. Zhou Pei felt that he had gradually established a firm foothold in King Xuan's palace, and was ready to make suggestions to King Xuan again in order to gain King Xuan's high position.

Only in this way can I seek revenge on Yan Qi for his disfigurement and lameness!